Help with working out a particular format

[Zanderwar]

Hey guys, I'm using a library that generates a datagrid, the following code is working 100% UNTIL it comes to SetData. Long story short I'm obviously giving the data (a table) in the incorrect way.

playerGrid:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", mainWindow, "TOPLEFT", 20, 66)
playerGrid:SetPadding(1, 1, 1, 38)
playerGrid:SetHeadersVisible(true)
playerGrid:SetRowHeight(62)
playerGrid:SetRowMargin(2)
playerGrid:SetLayer(5)
playerGrid:SetHeight(510)
playerGrid:SetWidth(698)
playerGrid:SetUnselectedRowBackgroundColor({0.15, 0.1, 0.1, 1})
playerGrid:SetSelectedRowBackgroundColor({0.45, 0.3, 0.3, 1})	
playerGrid:AddColumn("item", "Player", SearchCellType, 80, 3, nil, "itemName")
playerGrid:AddColumn("level", "Level", "Text", 120, 1, "sellerName", true, { Alignment = "center" })
playerGrid:AddColumn("note", "Note", "Text", 300, 1, "sellerName", true, { Alignment = "center" })
playerGrid:SetOrder("item", false)
playerGrid:GetInternalContent():SetBackgroundColor(0, 0.05, 0.05, 0.5)
playerGrid:SetLoadingBarEnabled(true)

local values = {{	{ value = "one", key = 1},
			{ value = "two", key = 2},
			{ value = "three", key = 3}
			}} -- 1 row with 3 columns



playerGrid:SetData(values, nil, nil, true)

Everything is fine until it comes to SetData,



I can't for the life of me work out what format is needed to fill out the multiple columns.

I CAN add multiple rows with no problem but only the first column will be filled, the other 2 will say nil so its attempting to get the data somehow I'm just not giving it right.

I have attached DataGrid.lua to this post so please if you think you may have any idea on working out the format, please have a look

[Zanderwar]

With:

local values = 
{
    "Hello",
	"World",
}

This was the result:


So it leads me to believe that there is a string split but I can't find it

[Lombra]

Hi, uhh sorry but what game is this about? These forums are about WoW. :P

[Zanderwar]

Originally Posted by Lombra Hi, uhh sorry but what game is this about? These forums are about WoW. :P

The game is RIFT, and I am aware of that however the question wasn't related to the game. I was asking if someone could help a fellow LuA coder about breaking down LuA syntax used to determine which string format is required.

Hope this is okay, thanks

[Lombra]

Well, I dunno. This isn't really a generic Lua thing. SetData is something specific to Rift, so knowing how Lua works doesn't really help here, and without knowing about the Rift API, all you can really do is guess.

[Resike]

Try to change the table to:

local values = {    { value = "one", key = 1},
            { value = "two", key = 2},
            { value = "three", key = 3}
            } -- 1 row with 3 columns

[semlar]

Whoever wrote this addon is insane, trying to trace a variable to actual data is just about impossible.

The only logical methods to write the data would be

local values = {
    { item = 'One', level = '1', note = 'note' },
    { item = 'Two', level = '2', note = 'note' },
    { item = 'Three', level = '3', note = 'note' },
}

Or

local values = {
    { 'One', '1', 'note' },
    { 'Two', '2', 'note' },
    { 'Three', '3', 'note' },
}

I would personally rather rewrite everything from scratch than try and figure out someone else's code in a script like this.

[Lombra]

Oh, my bad. Didn't realise SetData was defined in the addon. But yes, code looks very confusing.

[semlar]

The file appears to be from http://rift.curseforge.com/addons/yague, and while it claims to be "easy to use" it contains neither documentation nor comments, and it certainly isn't immediately obvious what format the data is supposed to be in, so I'm not convinced.

[Zanderwar]

Originally Posted by semlar Whoever wrote this addon is insane, trying to trace a variable to actual data is just about impossible. The only logical methods to write the data would be local values = {     { item = 'One', level = '1', note = 'note' },     { item = 'Two', level = '2', note = 'note' },     { item = 'Three', level = '3', note = 'note' }, } Or local values = {     { 'One', '1', 'note' },     { 'Two', '2', 'note' },     { 'Three', '3', 'note' }, } I would personally rather rewrite everything from scratch than try and figure out someone else's code in a script like this.

Yes it's extremely messy, the first table you provided was the winner, thank you indefinitely for taking the time, really do appreciate it.

Unfortunately this library provides the only decent looking DataTable in the game, and I lack the experience to make my own sadly

[ravagernl]

Originally Posted by Zanderwar [...] Unfortunately this library provides the only decent looking DataTable in the game, and I lack the experience to make my own sadly

Did you take a look at http://www.wowace.com/addons/lib-st/ ?

[repooc]

Originally Posted by ravagernl Did you take a look at http://www.wowace.com/addons/lib-st/ ?

Thing is that lib u just linked is for wow and what the OP is working on is for rift if I read his post correctly.